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What is a heart healthy diet - low fat, or low carbs?

Here are articles dealing with the raging controversy over what constitutes a "heart healthy diet" - low fats, low carbs, or something else?
The Fish Controversy
The Institute of Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health have released reports on the risks and benefits of eating seafood, much to the dismay of environmental and consumer groups.
High Glycemic Diet Makes Animals Fat
Animals fed a diet of high glycemic carbs did strikingly poorly
What Do the New Studies on Low-Carb Diets Really Mean?
Two new studies show low carbohydrate diets are safer than thought, and moderately effective
Heart Healthy Diet - Low Fat, or Low Carbs?
The carb vs. fat controversy - cutting through the rhetoric.
Atkins Vindicated?
New evidence suggests low carb diets may be OK for the heart.
An U-Oh for Atkins?
On the other hand, different new evidence suggests the Atkins diet may carry risk.
The South Beach Diet Controversy
The South Beach Diet is another - and potentially safer - form of low-carb dieting.

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